On June 23, 2023, in Tbilisi, poet and activist Zviad Ratiani was arrested on charges of assaulting a police officer. The arrest was witnessed by Nino Kodalashvili, a journalist from the TV company Kavkasia, who filmed the arrest using her personal mobile phone—something law enforcement officers also noticed.

Later, the police attempted to take Nino Kodalashvili to the police station for questioning as a witness and to examine her personal mobile phone. The director of Kavkasia, Nino Jangirashvili, was also present at the scene. She refused to allow the police to take the journalist or access her phone without following the appropriate legal procedures (such as an official notice). According to Jangirashvili, other activists also arrived at the location. As a result of the protest, the police reversed their decision to take the journalist in.

The interaction between the police and the journalists was streamed live on social media.